July 7, 2008 - If you were to hop on a motorcycle and travel through the world, would what you witness change you? Would you try to see the poverty, hunger, and less than stellar conditions that most of the world's population lives with each and every day? Would you be inspired to change the world? It was on July 7th, in 1953 that a medical student named Che Guevara set out on a trip through South and Central America. What he saw - the poverty, the poor health, the struggle - changed him, and set him on a path to change the world. As a result, today is Motorcycle Diaries Day.
Honestly, in today's economic world, it is highly unlikely that you'd need to ride that far afield to see similar problems. Travel across North America and you will see poverty, racism, huge differences in the have and the have not ends of society, you may even find families begging on the streets. Where is our Che? Where is that one person who is affected so deeply by the misfortunes of others that it becomes a life mission to see real change? I have a hunch that the motorcycle journey would end up being a play by play marketing ploy. "Obama and McCain - Head-to-Head on Harleys".
A little farther back, in 1550, chocolate was introduced in Europe. Chocolate Day is definitely one day I can get behind. Chocolate can cure all things - sadness, happiness, loneliness, hunger, sweet tooths... Chocolate. Dark, milk, with nuts, without... It's a shame it can't cure poverty. That trip across the country could be a truly sweet ride.
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